For the thing is very near you &#8211; it is in your mouth and in your mind<n id="1" /> so that you can do it.p>

In fact, what other great nation has a god so near to them like the <sc>Lordsc> our God whenever we call on him?

the gods of the surrounding people (whether near you or far from you, from one end of the earth<n id="1" /> to the other).

and all the elders of that city nearest the corpse<n id="1" /> must wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley.<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">They sacrificed to demons, not God,p> <p class="poetry">to gods they had not known;p> <p class="poetry">to new gods who had recently come along,p> <p class="poetry">gods your ancestors<n id="1" /> had not known about.p>

<p class="poetry">I will get revenge and pay them backp> <p class="poetry">at the time their foot slips;p> <p class="poetry">for the day of their disaster is near,p> <p class="poetry">and the impending judgment<n id="1" /> is rushing upon them!&#8221;p>

Then the elders of the city nearest to the corpse<n id="1" /> must take from the herd a heifer that has not been worked &#8211; that has never pulled with the yoke &#8211;

If the owner<n id="1" /> does not live<n id="2" /> near you or you do not know who the owner is,<n id="3" /> then you must corral the animal<n id="4" /> at your house and let it stay with you until the owner looks for it; then you must return it to him.